Earth orbit
Jules Verne
Jules Verne is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the ATV program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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Jules Verne is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the ATV program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2008-008; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 9 March 2008, 04:03:11 UTC
- Launch location
- Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise
- Launch vehicle
- Ariane 5ES/ATV
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Launch intelligence
An Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket launched the Jules Verne mission on Sunday, March 9, 2008 at 4:03 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Arianespace
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2008-008
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Mar 9, 2008, 04:03 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Mar 09 2008
- Pad and location
- ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 29 September 2008
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
Jules Verne
GCAT program: ATV.
- GCAT ID
- S32686
- Manufacturer
- EADS Bremen
- Launch mass
- 19,400 kg
- Propulsion
- R-4D-11-164x4
- Dimensions
- 9.8 m long · 4.5 m diameter · 22.3 m span
Gallery
One image from Jules Verne.
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